Rachel Brumer

Profile

Born Oakland, California. BFA Mills College 1978. Professional modern dancer 1978- 87. Interpreter American Sign Language 1988-90. Studio artist 1990-

Publications
Visions-Quilts, Layers of Excellence;Pages 35,54,C&T Publishing ;Lafayette, CA, 1994
Quilting International;Number 40, Page 39; Newton, N.J.; March, 1995
Quilt National; Page 77, Lark Books and The Dairy Barn Southeastern Cultural Arts Center, 1995 Fiberarts Design Book Five; Page 145, Lark Books, 1995
Art/Quilt Magazine, #4, Page 28, Houston, TX, Fall, 1995
Fiberarts Magazine, Profile, Page 23, Altamount Press, 1996
Visions:QuiltArt: Page45, C&T Publishing; Lafayette, CA, 1996
Quilt National; Page 97, Lark Books and the Dairy Barn Southeastern Cultural Arts Center, 1997
American Craft Magazine; Portfolio, Page 57, American Craft Council, Dec/Jan 1998
The Art Quilt; Pages 13,223, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1997
Fine Art Quilts- Work by Artists of the Contemporary Quilt Association; Pages 12,13,14
Fiber Studio Press, 1997
Fiberarts Magazine
The Creative Process, Page 8, Altamount Press, Nov/Dec 2000

Awards
Artist Trust Gap Grant, 2000
Fiberarts International Best of Show, Narrative Category, Pittsburgh, PA 1999
Galeria Mesa, Body of Work Award, Piecework, 1999
Artist Trust Gap Grant, 1997

Collections
University of Washington, Special Collections, Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
American Craft Museum, NY, NY
Seattle Arts Commission, Portable Works, Seattle, WA
The Brakensiek Collection of Contemporary Quilts, LA, CA
The John Walsh Collection, Martinsville, NJ
Washington State Arts Commission Art in Public Places Program, Olympia, WA
Oakville School District
Vancouver School District
Bellingham High School
Legacy Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR

Exhibitions (Selected)
2001
SEWN, Documents Northwest, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
COVER THEM, Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston, TX
Contemporary Art Quilts, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
The View From Here, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Phresh, Pacific Northwest Arts Council, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
COVER THEM, Betty and Milton Katz Gallery; Cherry Hill, NJ
The View From Here, Seatac International Airport, Main Concourse, Seatac, WA
Hanging by a Thread Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona
Fiberart International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
The Inquisitive Object, Oregon College of Arts and Craft, Portland, Oregon
5th Northwest Contemporary Quilt Invitational American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
The View From Here, Fujinomiya Shimin Bunka Kaikan, Citizen’s Cultural Center, Shizuoka-ken, Japan
1998
4th Northwest Contemporary Quilt Invitational, American Art Company; Tacoma, WA
FAVA; Artist as Quiltmaker VIII, Oberlin, Ohio
On the Edge, University of British Columbia Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
COVER THEM, Yeshiva University Museum, N.Y., N.Y.
Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis , MO
1997
Nontraditional Quilts, Contemporary Crafts Gallery; Portland, OR (solo exhibition)
COVER THEM, a Quilt Installation, King County Art Gallery; Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
Quilt National 1997; The Dairy Barn, Athens Ohio
Hanging By a Thread, University Art Museum and Galleries, Flagstaff, AZ
Quilts in Reformation, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
On the Edge, NW Quiltart, Museum of the American Quilter’s Society; Paducah, KY
Quilt National, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
Quilt Expo VI; Insbruck, Austria
1996
Cunningham Gallery; University of WA, Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
Textile as Narrative/Ritual; ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Improvisations ’96; The Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, Ohio
Third Invitational Contemporary Quilt Show; The American Art Co., Tacoma, WA
The Painted Table; Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
Crafts National 30; Penn State University, University Park, PA
Visions 1996:Quilt Art, Museum of San Diego, CA
Nonstop Northwest, American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Fiber Artists in Washington DC, Offices of Senator Patty Murray, Washington DC
Drinking From The Well; Jewish Artists, Washington Trade and Convention Center, Seattle, WA
Quilt National 1995; The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio
Art Quilts; Seattle University, Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
Craft America ’95; Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Diversity! Studio Art Quilts Associates, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Contemporary Northwest Art Quilts; Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
The Essential Textile; The Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
Contemporary Northwest Art Quilts; Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Fiberart International ’95; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Art Quilts; Mercer Hood Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
Pacific Northwest Annual; Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1994
Piecing It All Together; Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
New Work: Methods, Makers, Meanings; Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA
Fabric Art; Innovative Quilts, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
1993
The Art of the Quilt; Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA